Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!pemurray From: pemurray@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Peter Murray) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: help sought - securing a terminal/line Message-ID: <2065.26bc4831@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 5 Aug 90 21:24:17 GMT References: <13089.26b57b8d@qut.edu.au> Lines: 23 In article <13089.26b57b8d@qut.edu.au>, cszrhodes@qut.edu.au writes: > I need to secure a terminal (under HP_UX) in such a way that, when a person > comes up and turns that terminal (and only that terminal) on, some application > program is automatically invoked (e.g. oracle). That is, I need to develop > some 'automatic terminal recognition' software that detects a particular > terminal line being activated, and then dedicates that terminal/line to a > user application. We are looking at the same problem. One solution suggested was to put the name of the program in the "/etc/ttys" file for that particular terminal line. For instance... tty01 "/usr/local/lib" vt100 on modem # Start LIB software This would take the place of the getty that is started. While we haven't yet tried this yet, I can't see why it wouldn't work. Peter -- Peter Murray Neat UNIX Stunts #5: pemurray@miavx1.bitnet 215 Foxfire Dr #308 sh> drink